Rutherford Staying at GT

[tmhunter52]

Ice,
One of the my lowest points at Tech was cold Windy winter night when I picked up my punch cards (Fortran) outside the computer bldg and the rubber band holding them BROKE. The wind carried then everywhere. Only 5 hrs time mostly lost in a second. ---ah, Tech.

Similar experience and figuring there was no future in such nonsense….

 

[CEB]

There was a kid from Haiti in my class I had to jump in and save. Haiti for crying out loud.

And my partner from Mass who i saved daily, as well as a bunch of others. In my class of about 50, I think 10 of us were strong swimmers, so we had to play lifeguard the rest of the time.

That duty kept me from talking to the 1 girl in the class.

Man… I would’ve saved her daily. Or if that failed, tried drowning next to her…

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

There was a kid from Haiti in my class I had to jump in and save. Haiti for crying out loud.

And my partner from Mass who i saved daily, as well as a bunch of others. In my class of about 50, I think 10 of us were strong swimmers, so we had to play lifeguard the rest of the time.

That duty kept me from talking to the 1 girl in the class.

Your sacrifice in focusing on your duty to your classmates in not talking to that chick is duly noted.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

You're doing God's work being a teacher. You're better than a nerd.

You are very kind. The hardest thing to accept, especially in a town like Albany where you run into people all the time from your past, is when you run into a former student and they instantly recognize you as their former teacher and you fumble around like a senile old fool to place them. Embarrassing. But they seem to understand. I had a student who played on my tennis team. He wasn't very good but I had him playing as a boost to his self esteem which was and remains important to special education students. His name was Iroy and he used to tease me saying that he was going to own a nursing home and put hot sauce in the cup holding my false teeth. Anyway, he did end up owning a small trucking firm in partnership with two brothers and became a rather successful businessman. Not bad for someone who struggled daily with Algebra I as a high school senior.

 

[stinger78]

You are very kind. The hardest thing to accept, especially in a town like Albany where you run into people all the time from your past, is when you run into a former student and they instantly recognize you as their former teacher and you fumble around like a senile old fool to place them. Embarrassing. But they seem to understand. I had a student who played on my tennis team. He wasn't very good but I had him playing as a boost to his self esteem which was and remains important to special education students. His name was Iroy and he used to tease me saying that he was going to own a nursing home and put hot sauce in the cup holding my false teeth. Anyway, he did end up owning a small trucking firm in partnership with two brothers and became a rather successful businessman. Not bad for someone who struggled daily with Algebra I as a high school senior.

You mean there’s a life for non-math types?

 

[Sheboygan]

DP was ok if you were not a "sinker" like me.Coach's last words that qtr were "pull him off the bottom".

I was a good swimmer back then, WSI
( lifeguard ). My other two classes were something like English Composition and Calculus. I got a C in writing and an F in Calculus. Started my Tech journey on warning/probation after1 quarter.

 

[alagold]

I was a good swimmer back then, WSI
( lifeguard ). My other two classes were something like English Composition and Calculus. I got a C in writing and an F in Calculus. Started my Tech journey on warning/probation after1 quarter.

ah, Ma tech

 

[tomknight]

I was a good swimmer back then, WSI
( lifeguard ). My other two classes were something like English Composition and Calculus. I got a C in writing and an F in Calculus. Started my Tech journey on warning/probation after1 quarter.

man, I waited til spring quarter of freshman year to go on warning. the bad part of it was I had to hear about it all summer from my folks.

my last quarter was drownproofing and thermo. both graduation requirements with complete irrelevance to my degree.

 

[stinger78]

man, I waited til spring quarter of freshman year to go on warning. the bad part of it was I had to hear about it all summer from my folks.

my last quarter was drownproofing and thermo. both graduation requirements with complete irrelevance to my degree.

Mine was winter quarter FR year… BOOM… academic warning. Dad set me straight. Never again.

 

[Bogey]

My first exam grades for my first quarter were D in advanced chemistry, F in math, and F- - in English, and found out all the grades on the same day. I called my mom and told her I was coming home. She said wait until Thanksgiving and we would talk about it. By Turkey day, I had it turned around and barely escaped a warning in my first quarter.

 

[tomknight]

Mine was winter quarter FR year… BOOM… academic warning. Dad set me straight. Never again.

I had to sit out a year, work full time, then go back.

 

[kg01]

Mine was winter quarter FR year… BOOM… academic warning. Dad set me straight. Never again.

Exact same for me except the dad part. I tightened up to avoid having to have that conversation with mine.

After my 1st qtr, I had all A's. I was like, "this is easy, what's the big deal?"

Little did I know ...

 

[stinger78]

Exact same for me except the dad part. I tightened up to avoid having to have that conversation with mine.

After my 1st qtr, I had all A's. I was like, "this is easy, what's the big deal?"

Little did I know ...

Dang, man, almost the same experience I had. First quarter as I recall: English-A, History-B, Aerobics-B (yes, B, there’s a story there), Chem-C, and Calculus-C. A 2.63 GPA first quarter. I thought, “well, it’s not Dean’s List but it works… this isn’t so hard.”

Little did I know what was about to happen. LOL!

 

[kg01]

Dang, man, almost the same experience I had. First quarter as I recall: English-A, History-B, Aerobics-B (yes, B, there’s a story there), Chem-C, and Calculus-C. A 2.63 GPA first quarter. I thought, “well, it’s not Dean’s List but it works… this isn’t so hard.”

Little did I know what was about to happen. LOL!

Just confirmation we're split personalities. Should that trouble me or you?

 

[wrmathis]

I had to sit out a year, work full time, then go back.

Did 6 semesters. had to sit a year. joined the army and did 20 years. Retired from army and never went back

 

[forensicbuzz]

Did 6 semesters. had to sit a year. joined the army and did 20 years. Retired from army and never went back

Thank you for your service. Did you just retire? GT went to semesters in '99/'00. 6 semesters + 20 years puts you retiring last year. I know because I finished my MS that last summer quarter to avoid the confusion.

 

[stinger78]

Just confirmation we're split personalities. Should that trouble me or you?

Yikes! Both?

 

[wrmathis]

Thank you for your service. Did you just retire? GT went to semesters in '99/'00. 6 semesters + 20 years puts you retiring last year. I know because I finished my MS that last summer quarter to avoid the confusion.

retired oct 31 2023. i also spent a year at a community college after my first 2 semesters at tech. I got a delayed enrollment and my first semester was spring of 00. I graduated HS in 99

 

[senoiajacket]

Man, me too. I never remember NOT knowing how to swim. I was shocked that you could be 20 yrs old and not know.

I had an A after a few weeks. I spent most of my team rescuing other kids.

IMHO, comparing drownproofing to “knowing how to swim” is like comparing being able to play Mozart to playing “chopsticks”

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

Like I said in another thread, I've come to the place where I appreciate the nonsense I experienced at GT - getting out exactly 39 years ago.

It really was the "shaft", but a company or other entity could almost assuredly know hiring a GT grad would give them a problem solver, a survivor, someone who would figure it out someway, somehow.

Was it 100%? Of course not, but it was darn closer than just graduating people who study and know the material they had seen in class and in the textbook.